All the headlines from our Commercial Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 21 2008 // Yates & Associates of Tustin, Calif., announced that Denise Plecas will be joining the underwriting department as underwriter/broker – new business P&C. Starting as a receptionist at Hull & Co. in...
Oct 20 2008 // The Supreme Court of Texas recently held a rare rehearing of a unanimous decision listening to arguments about whether it erred last year in ruling that a contract employee who suffered on-the-job injuries couldn’t...
Oct 20 2008 // Exclusive Insurance Journal Interview with AIG Commercial Insurance CEO John Doyle and CFO Rob SchimekThe very strengths in its balance sheet, surplus, underwriting and personnel that have made the Commercial Insurance...
Oct 17 2008 // ACE Europe announced that it has extended broker access to its market-leading Directors & Officers (D&O) portfolio by writing commercial D&O risks at Lloyd’s.Commercial D&O is now available...
Oct 14 2008 // The very strengths in its balance sheet, surplus, underwriting and personnel that have made the Commercial Insurance unit of American International Group (AIG) a market leader are keeping it competitive even while the...
Oct 13 2008 // A new law has gone into effect that erases a competitive disadvantage for roughly 40,000 Ohio employers paying workers compensation premiums.For years, about 40,000 of the roughly 280,000 Ohio employers paying...
Oct 10 2008 // Small business owners are not fully aware of the financial risks involved in obtaining workers’ compensation insurance through self-insured groups, according to the results of the most recent Small Business Opinion...
Oct 8 2008 // Ben Blackmon has been named zone vice president of the State Auto Middle Market Insurance (SAMMI) Midwest Zone office in Naperville in suburban Chicago.Blackmon began his insurance career as an independent insurance agent...
Oct 7 2008 // Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance, a workers’ compensation insurance provider, lowered its rates for numerous industries throughout the state. The rate reduction amounts to 6.7 percent overall and will...
Oct 3 2008 // American International Group Inc. said it plans to keep its commercial property/ casualty and foreign general insurance businesses, while selling off some life insurance business and seeking alternatives for its securities...
Oct 2 2008 // ICW Group, a group of insurance companies, has entered the small business market for workers’ compensation insurance. Comprehensive coverage and claims services is available in more than 40 small business categories,...
Oct 2 2008 // FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial property insurers, has made numerous promotions and reassignments within its senior management team that are to become effective Jan. 1, 2009.Brian J. Hurley,...
Sep 22 2008 // There is no question that U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions impact small business. More than 40 percent of the court’s cases directly affect the business community, including employment, civil rights, insurance,...
Sep 22 2008 // There is no question that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions impact small business. Studies have shown that more than 40 percent of the Court’s cases deal with issues that directly affect the business...
Sep 12 2008 // Pennsylvania businesses have saved more than $300 million thanks to a program that allows workplaces to save five percent annually on workers’ compensation insurance premiums, according to the state.Businesses...
Sep 9 2008 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist appointed five members to the state’s newly created Public Task Force on Workplace Safety.All of the following are appointed for terms beginning Sept. 4 and ending Jan. 1, 2009: •...
Sep 8 2008 // A 2008 filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage shows the third straight decrease in loss costs, Department of Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark announced.The...
Sep 3 2008 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance released its fourth analysis in a series of reports on workplace violence.The report provides updated data based on the latest available information from the U.S. Bureau of...
Sep 1 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revised its outlook on the U.S. commercial lines property/casualty insurance sector to negative from stable.Standard & Poor’s credit analyst John Iten explained that...
Aug 29 2008 // The Bush administration is proposing that workplace hazard standards be subject to more public and expert scrutiny before being adopted. Critics say the proposals could make it harder to limit worker exposure to...